Last night, Wuxi Tin Theatre's original tin drama "Send Shoes", as a shortlisted work for the Jiangsu Wenhua Award, was staged in Changzhou, which also kicked off the prelude to the Wenhua Award. The reporter learned that a total of 13 works in Wuxi were selected this time - 2 large-scale plays, 4 small plays, 4 dances, 2 songs and 1 folk music.
The selected works in Wuxi are rich in themes
Last night, in the theater in Changzhou, the wuxi tin theater's original tin drama "Send Shoes", because of the wonderful performances of Wang Ziyu and Li Mengheng, won the applause of the audience, "The characters are distinct, vivid and interesting, and the class feelings of the revolutionary youth are vividly portrayed." This is what Wuxi's tin drama should look like. An old Li, a Fan of Tin Opera in Changzhou, couldn't help but send WeChat to reporters. Tonight, Wuxi Song and Dance Theater's original dance drama "Singing the Motherland" will be performed in Nantong, ""Singing the Motherland" from last year's premiere to the present, the number of performances is more, the foundation is quite solid, and the later stage has undergone many revisions and refinements, for this award, we are still very confident." Ge Danqi, president of Wuxi Song and Dance Theater, said that the exhibition of works is an important part of the selection of Wenhua Award, and "Singing the Motherland" will be performed in Changzhou, Nantong and Yancheng.
The reporter learned that the participating works of this year's Provincial Wenhua Award have many categories, diverse forms and a wide range of themes. Among the 13 works in Wuxi, there are not only red-themed works showing the founding of the party and the revolutionary journey, such as the dance drama "Singing the Motherland", the tin opera "Butterfly Love Flower Shen Wan" and "Sending Shoes"; there are also realistic theme works that focus on poverty alleviation, depict rural revitalization, pay tribute to the model of the times, and praise the great anti-epidemic spirit, such as the dance "Chinese Qizhi", "Gilded July", the song "That Touch of Red", the tin opera "Car Key", "River Chief Pig Raising", etc.; at the same time, there are also regional theme works that reflect the culture of Jiangsu Canal, celebrity culture and traditional culture, and dance "Dance" On the bank of the canal is my home", the national orchestral music "Liangxi Yin Poem", etc., these works always adhere to the people-centered creative concept, I believe it will bring wonderful audio-visual enjoyment to the audience.
Fine products need to be constantly polished
The reporter found that the dance drama "Singing the Motherland" was prepared from February and March last year, while the dance "Gilded July" and "The Canal Bank is My Home" are works created in 2019. Ge Danqi told reporters that no work can become a fine product without polishing and modifying.
The preparation of "Butterfly Love Flower Shen Huan" took more than a year to prepare. Wuxi young soprano Gong Yan's selected song "That Touch of Red", she sang no less than a hundred times. "You can only sing the meaning of a song if you put it in your own blood," she says. "Every time she performs, she always performs with emotion and emotion. Gong Yan told reporters: "Whether you sing well or not, the audience may not necessarily know, but they must know it, and they must be worthy of the stage and the audience." ”
It is worth mentioning that the three dance works selected this time, the group dance "China Qizhi" of Jiangnan University, the double dance of Wuxi Song and Dance Theater "Gilded July" and the group dance "The Bank of the Canal is My Home", are all works of Shen Xuguang, a choreographer creative talent introduced by Jiangnan University. "I've been sleeping in the rehearsal hall lately." He told reporters that these three works were all created by him in the previous two years, all of which were mainly melodic themes, and the performance time was after the National Day, so they were rehearsed and revised every day. He said that "Gilded July" was tailor-made for the two principal dancers of the Wuxi Song and Dance Theater, and now look at the works of two years ago, there will be many new ideas.
The investment in the creation of repertoire has been gradually strengthened
With the rapid development of domestic stage performances in recent years, the major theaters in Wuxi have become more and more picky about "boutique creation", and the investment has gradually strengthened.
Wuxi Song and Dance Theater has created an extension of the dance drama "Singing the Motherland" in an all-round way, held a number of immersive offline performances, flash mobs and live broadcasts, and actively prepared for the next tour; Wuxi Xi Theater has designed many cultural and creative products related to tin opera. For example, "Liangxi Yin Poem" is a national orchestral work created by the young composer Kong Zhixuan in the first performance after the establishment of the Wuxi Chinese Orchestra, inspired by the ming Dynasty scholar Li Guangwen's poem of the same name, based on the tone of the folk song "Wuxi Jing", combined with the instrumental vocabulary of Jiangnan Silk Bamboo. This is also the first time that the Wuxi Chinese Orchestra has participated in the Wenhua Award, which is a challenge and a test for this young team. "Most of us are participating in the Mandarin Awards for the first time, and pressure is more of a motivation." Wang Jiahui, a young erhu player, said that since September, there has been almost no rest, all rehearsed in the rehearsal hall, and after the Mid-Autumn Festival performance, there will be a National Day performance on the next 30 days, and October 9 will be the performance of the Wenhua Award. (Reporter Ying Luo)